India is Now Facebook Nation No. 2, Behind the U.S.

Lim Yung-Hui
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In November 2010, Indonesia surpassed the UK to become the country with the second largest number of Facebook users in world, after the U.S.

Indonesia finally dethroned from the second place by India. As of February 1 2012, India has a total of 43,497,980 Facebook users compared to 43,060,360 in Indonesia.

In the past 12 months or so, Facebook registered strong user uptake in India. On January 1, 2011, India has a total of 16,915,900 Facebook users. By the end of 2011, the total exceeded 41 users - a 144% growth rate in 2011!

However, Facebook user growth in Brazil is even more impressive. The largest South American country is now the fourth largest Facebook Nation, jumped from No. 13. In February 2011, the largest South American nation has 13,409,220 Facebook users. On February 1, 2012, the total reached 37,907,400. That's a growth rate of 183%!

The U.S. continues to be No. 1 Facebook Nation in the world with roughly 19% of the total Facebook users worldwide.